Lend a Hand’ Saturday, April 10, 9am–Noon
The largest regional event of its kind, the Cleanup provides a transforming experience that engages citizens and community leaders and generates momentum for change.
Since 1989, more than 50,000 volunteers have teamed with 375 partner organizations of the Alice Ferguson Foundation to pull over 3 million tons of trash from the watershed’s streams, rivers and bays. Last year´s haul of over 290 tons included more than 27 tons of recyclables, 41,122 Plastic bags, 2,095 tires, 17 bicycles, 16 shopping carts, 9 Metal and plastic barrels, 5 TVs and 5 refrigerators!
The 2009 Cleanup took place at over 500 sites in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and West Virginia – all part of the lands, or watershed, that drain into the Potomac with locations that included fields, forests, parking lots and other ‘inland’ sites, where the trash can be removed before it enters creeks and other waterways.
From the list of FB/GT locations and coordinates that follow, choose a spot and help the Potomac! Continue reading →
Posted in: Community Update, Foggy Bottom News.
The White House Easter Egg Roll is a tradition dating back to 1878 when President Rutherford B. Hayes officially opened the White House grounds to local children for egg rolling on Easter Monday. Successive Presidents have continued the tradition of inviting children to the White House Lawn for egg rolling and other activities.
Tickets will be distributed free of charge via an online lottery system, allowing guests from across the United States to participate.
To apply for tickets, you must visit www.recreation.gov from February 25 to February 28, 2010.
The White House will open the South Lawn to children age twelve and under, along with their families, to enjoy sports, cooking classes, live musical performances, storytelling and the traditional White House Easter Egg Roll. The theme for the 2010 event is “Ready, Set, Go!” promoting health and wellness.
Date: April 5, 2010, 8 am – 5 pm
Location: White House,1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (202) 456-7041.
All guests will enter the event from the Ellipse and will go through a security screening process. Continue reading →
Posted in: Foggy Bottom News.
by Gabrielle Bluestone | Special Contributor
Store Opening Further Delayed By Snow
Delayed by the snowfall that ground the District to a halt this month, Foggy Bottom Grocery still has no set opening date, but the owners say the market and deli should be up and running by the first week of March.
Though the store, which is partly owned by GW alumnus Kris Hart, was last set to open in mid-February, the snowfall delayed contractors’ work and delivery of store essentials, like the shelving units which currently line the store.
And now, it’s all being documented for a potential reality TV show. Connected by a former employee from Hart’s other business, Relaxed Tans and Spa, representatives from Nancy Glass Productions, a company that produces reality shows for channels like Home and Garden Television, have been filming the new management team with two handheld cameras to make a “sizzler reel” to pitch to networks, Hart said.
It’s a little weird, I went to run down
the National Mall and there were cameras
following me,”… Hart said, but added
that it has been a cool experience.
And the store has had no shortage of obstacles since Hart obtained what used to be a bright purple townhouse from tenant owner Meseret Bekele last spring.
Hart and his partners have battled the community group West End Citizens Association since September 2009, when WECA Secretary Barbara Kahlow charged that the store’s proposed hours would be inappropriate for the neighborhood and that Hart would violate zoning orders by serving prepared foods. Continue reading →
Posted in: Foggy Bottom News.
The largest regional event of its kind, the Cleanup provides a transforming experience that engages citizens and community leaders and generates momentum for change.
